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February heART Challenge
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton This was the last week of our February heART challenge! Martha Beck, a sociologist, famous author, and…
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Week 4 – February heART Challenge
“Look up: there’s always a sky full of possibility waiting for you to notice it.” Our them for week 3 was Look Up. What beauty and wonder we found while looking up! Here…
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Week 3 – February heART Challenge
You use a glass mirror to see your face. You use works of art to see your soul. – George Bernard Shaw We had fun with chocolate this week! Some of us (like…
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Week 8 – Gratitude Mandala and the last week of this Creatively Grateful Challenge
“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”—Charles Dickens This week’s challenge was to doodle a gratitude mandala. I like the…
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Week 7 – Thankful for Play
“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.” This week we appreciated the opportunities we had and still have to play. Play comes naturally to children and is actually…
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Week 5 – Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
“if Pooh Bear can wear a crop top, so can I!” “I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.” Oprah Winfrey We have all…
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Week 4 – Someone I am Thankful For
When I count my blessings I count you twice! This week’s challenge was about taking time to think about and appreciate the people in our lives. It was a meaningful week for me…
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Week 3 – Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” Week 3’s Challenge was to keep our eyes open for things we see around us. (And to stop and smell the roses and…
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Joy Jar – Week 1 Creatively Grateful
Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude. AA Milne We are one week into our creativity challenge. Well done to…
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Creatively Grateful – A 8 week Creativity Challenge
Creatively Grateful, our 8 week Creativity Challenge starts today. It's just for fun to encourage us all to be more creative. Week 1's task is Joy Jar... read more details in blog post.
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Animal Love – Week 8 (and last week) of Encouraging Creativity Challenge
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi This week we focused on our love for animals. I noticed there…
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Play with Your Food – Creativity Challenge Week 2
Back in the day children were taught not to play with their food. Now research suggests that playing with food is actually good for children because it makes them less fussy eaters. Our…
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8 Week Creativity Challenge
Are you ready to get creative? 1 theme/topic every week for 8 weeks. Interpret and depict the topic by drawing, painting, writing, taking a photo or creating something. Share your creation/thoughts on our…
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Encouraging Creativity
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe Creativity is something so uniquely human. Creativity sparks new ideas, new inventions, artwork, literature and feeds the soul… …
